Esthetics professional in the treatment of patients in palliative care
Abstract
The esthetics as a profession is a field that is growing over and people have sought to keep up with the care of the body, face, hair and nails, searching for individualized protocols, with maximum technology assets and procedures on the market. It is not only in the area of beautification that the technologist in Esthetics and Cosmetics can act, but also in clinics, spas, beauty salons, cosmetics industries, consultancies, in the organization and management of beauty services and hospitals. In this case, the Esthetics and Cosmetics health professional can work with a multiprofessional team with patients in palliative care, because she has the competence to work with patients to reduce their discomfort, such as pain, sleep, fatigue, among others, in preventive health and repair of your tissue, caused, for example, by a chemotherapy treatment. The beautician can make use of resources in the treatment of the patient, such as: massage, therapeutic touch, aromatherapy and music therapy. With this, the esthetic and cosmetic professional is evidenced as a health worker, trained to work with people who need care beyond beautification.
